PERSEIDS 2019 – the annual meteor shower in August – peaked last night, lighting up the skies with nature’s fireworks. In case you missed the event, watch the Perseids meteor shower again here.

The Perseid meteor shower is sporadically active each year from around mid-July until it wraps up in the last week of August. During this period, Earth’s path around the Sun crosses the dusty orbit of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The meteor shower builds in intensity throughout July until it erupts with shooting stars around the middle of August. This year, the meteor shower peaked last night (August 12) and carried through until the morning hours of today (August 13).